The small town of Ortonville, MI (zip code 48462) is served by a number of local government representatives. These representatives range from the village council to the Ortonville Area School District Board of Education and beyond. Every two years, residents in the area go to the polls to elect a Mayor and four Trustees to serve on the Village Council. This body is responsible for establishing laws and ordinances that govern day-to-day life in Ortonville, such as zoning regulations and land use restrictions. Additionally, Ortonville residents have the opportunity to vote for members of the Board of Education each November. The Board of Education is responsible for overseeing curriculum standards, allocating funds for various educational needs, and managing contracts with school district employees. The people who reside in 48462 are fortunate to have these elected officials working diligently on their behalf to ensure that their interests are represented at both the local and national level.
The political climate in Zip 48462 (Ortonville, MI) is leaning liberal.
Oakland County, MI is somewhat liberal. In Oakland County, MI 56.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 42.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Oakland county remained strongly Democratic, 56.2% to 42.2%.
Oakland county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 48462 (Ortonville, MI) is leaning liberal.
Ortonville, Michigan is leaning liberal.
Oakland County, Michigan is somewhat liberal.
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn Metro Area is somewhat liberal.
Michigan is leaning liberal.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index is based on recent voting in national elections, federal campaign contributions by local residents, and consumer personality profiles.
VoteWord™
Displaying 20 years of Presidential voting, visualized in one word.
Ortonville, Michigan: d d D d d D
How It Works:
Here at BestPlaces, we were looking at the voting patterns since the 2000 election and realized that we could express the results of each election as one letter. R if the Republican Party candidate won, D for the Democrat and I for the Independent. The six elections (2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020) would be expressed as six-letter word (R R D R R).
Then we went a little further and added the dimension of magnitude. If the difference of victory was greater than 10 percent, the letter is upper case, and lower case if the difference was less than 10 percent. This allows us to see interesting voting patterns at just a glance.
Here's the VoteWord for Iowa d r d d r. In the last six elections the state has been closely contested, voting narrowly for the Republican Party candidate in 2016 and 2020 after voting for the Democratic Party in 2008 and 2012. Virginia (r r d d d D) has voted for the Democratic Party in the last three elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in zip 48462 (Ortonville)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 412 contributions totaling $16,033 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $39 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 131 contributions totaling $14,125 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $108 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)